It’s Wednesday, May 20. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Jed Rubenfeld on the president’s IRS self-dealing, and why a court might not be able to stop him. Joe Nocera has a new podcast about the crime that gripped America like no other. Olivia Reingold on the Luigi Mangi…
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Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky primary on May 19, 2026, to his Republican challenger, Ed Gallrein. (Jeffrey Dean/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Olivia Reingold on the Mangionistas. Did an AI-generated story just dupe a literary prize? Plus: Check out our new podcast, ‘The Lindbergh Conspiracies.’ And more.
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